What are the fastest knockouts in MMA?

0:02

The quickest knockouts in major MMA promotions come in the opening seconds — often a corner or referee stoppage, or a fighter caught cold before settling in. The fastest on record here is Mark Coleman's 0:02 finish at Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals. For a clean strike, Jorge Masvidal's five-second flying-knee KO of Ben Askren at UFC 239 (2019) is the fastest in UFC history.

Based on 7,524 first-round KO/TKO finishes in major promotions. We drop only 0:00 times — a missing-finish-time placeholder rather than a real instant finish.

As of 21 July 2026 · methodology

1 Mark Coleman Pride FC - Pride Grand Prix 2000: Finals · 2000 0:02 2 Shoji Maruyama Pancrase - Blow 8 · 2006 0:03 3 Saparbek Safarov M-1 Selection 2011 - European Tournament · 2011 0:04 4 Satoru Takadaya Pancrase - 2007 Neo-Blood Tournament Eliminations · 2007 0:04 5 Yannick Bahati CW 186 - Cage Warriors 186: London · 2025 0:04 6 Takaya Suzuki Shooto - Professional Shooto 2024 Vol. 1 · 2024 0:04 7 Vitali Krat Rings - The Outsider 16 · 2011 0:04 8 Tatsumasa Saito Rings - The Outsider 11 · 2010 0:04 9 Ruslan Ibragimov ACB 11 - Vol. 1 · 2014 0:04 10 Bogdan Gnidko KSW 73 - Wrzosek vs. Sarara · 2022 0:05 11 Ibragim Chuzhigaev ACB 10 - Coliseum Time · 2014 0:05 12 Jorge Masvidal UFC 239 - Jones vs. Santos · 2019 0:05 13 Hidetaka Monma Pancrase - 2002 Neo-Blood Tournament Second Round · 2002 0:05 14 Sergey Khandozhko ACB 38 - Breakthrough · 2016 0:05 15 Mike Kimbel Bellator 207 - Mitrione vs. Bader · 2018 0:06

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